xrename
Change the title of an xterm or scoterm
- Contributed by
- Larry Philps
- Obtained from
- David Fiander wrote it.
- Restrictions
- Public Domain
- Description
-
This tiny little shell script takes its arguments,
surrounds them with an escape sequence, and echo's
them at your xterm or scoterm. The escape sequence
causes the title of the window to change.
- Productivity
- I like naming my windows
- Safety
- Examined code, used it for years.
- Work Planned
- None
- Documentation
- None
- Verification
- Run "xrename foobar" in an xterm or scoterm, the title
of the window should change to foobar.
Note that all this source is configured to be installed under
/usr/skunk.
To build it for a different location, compile with
make CTRBDESTDIR=directory.